Mikaela Lucido is a Filipina-Canadian author living in Mississauga, Ontario. Lucido earned a B.A. (Honours) in Creative Writing and Publishing at Sheridan College. Lucido’s published writings include poetry, scripts, and creative non-fiction.
Fiction (Juvenile)
Danica dela Torre, Certified Sleuth
Illustrated by Joanna Cacao.
Toronto: Annick Press, 2024.
Series: The Unofficial Official Renley Crow Detective Club.
PZ7.1.L835 D36 2024
Publisher’s Synopsis (From its website)
Danica and her partner Jack are Renley Crow’s best kid detectives. Well, they’re the only kid detectives . . . until Kennedy Fang moves to town. Kennedy’s convinced his new house is haunted, and he needs Jack and Danica’s help to figure out what’s going on. The only catch? Kennedy wants to solve the case with them. Danica’s not wild about working with her competition, but there’s a bigger problem: her tita has forbidden her from meddling with the spirit realm. Not that Danica believes in spirits. But when Kennedy shows her a box of letters addressed to all three kids—letters that start to fly around his attic—Danica knows she can’t turn down their biggest case yet. Even if it means uncovering scary truths about the world . . . and about herself.
Fiction (Juvenile)
Danica dela Torre, Dream Detective
Illustrated by Joanna Cacao.
Toronto: Annick Press, 2025.
Series: The Unofficial Official Renley Crow Detective Club.
PZ7.1.L835 D362 2025
Publisher’s Synopsis (From its website)
Danica dela Torre has a new case on her hands—and this time, it’s personal. Danica has lost her relikaryo, a powerful amulet that keeps her safe from evil spirits. With the help of her best friends and fellow kid detectives, Jack and Kennedy, she follows the trail into a parallel realm where she hopes a ghostly presence on the other side will help reunite her with the precious talisman. Instead, she encounters the mysterious Detective Gray, author of her favorite investigator’s handbook—and Dani’s hero. The master sleuth needs Danica’s detecting skills to solve another mystery, one with deep roots in Filipino lore. As Danica pursues her biggest case yet, she discovers more about her family’s deeply buried past, their connections to the shadowy detective, and her newfound ability to probe people’s memories by stealthily infiltrating their dreams.